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It has been adopted almost universally by scholars when speaking of a human figure stripped of its skin and thus displaying the superficial layers of muscles. Sculpted models or statuettes in which the muscles of the body are revealed (or écorchés) first appeared in sixteenth century Europe, and in Italy primarily. \r\nA large number of surviving examples indicate the popularity of this statuette. All indicate derivations from the same original, but were not necessarily cast at the same time. The old attribution of this wax -formerly in the Gherardini collection in Florence- to Michelangelo, has long been rejected. The style of the figure suggests that it was made in the last quarter of the sixteenth century, possibly in Florence.","physicalDescription":"Cast purplish-red wax anatomical model called 'Marsyas'. The figure is inclined backwards with its right leg thrust forwards. The right knee is bent and the head is turned upwards to the right. 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